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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. FRANKLIN AND WILLIAM F. FLAGGS, OF BALTIMORE, MD.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,949,-dated March 14, 1882.

Application'filed January 10, 1882.

provements will first be described, and the invention will then be designated in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a side view of a car embodyingour improvements designed for cattle. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of one end of the car, taken at line .90 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing a vertical section of the top part of the water-tank and its inlet-cap. Fig. 4 is a ver tical cross-section of the car designed for cattle. Fig. 5 is an end view of the car, showing the position of the several parts. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section of a car with our improvements, having two floors or two decks, designed for sheep and swine. Fig. 7 is a side view of one end of the car shown in Fig. 6.

The letter A designates the floor of an ordinary stock-car, B the sides, and G the roof or top. At each end of the car a water-tank, D, is placed. We design these tanks to occupy the entire width of the car end, and in height to extend from apoint just above the top of the water-troughs, where the bottom of the tanks will be located, to the roof of the car. The dimension of these tanks in the direction which extends lengthwise of the car may vary. They may be larger or smaller; but a'suitable size ordinarily would be from twelve to fifteen inches. These tanks may be placed on the inside of the wall of the car or upon the outside of the wall, as shown in the drawings. An inlet, a, is provided at the top of each tank, through which the tank may be supplied with water. This inlet is closed by a tight-fitting hinged cap, I). The tankis provided with two vertical partitions or diaphragms. (Indicated by the broken lines o in Fig. 5.) These extend (No model.)

from near the bottom to near the top, and divide the tank, as it were, into three compartments; but the water at all times has free access from one compartment to the other by the opening below the partitions, and, when the tank is full, by the openings above the partitions. These partitions serve to stay and strengthen the broad sidesof the tank and prevent them from bulging out, and also to restrict the water from moving too freely or sloshing'about in the tank when the car is under way. The two tanks, one being at each end of the car, are connected by means of a pipe, E. This pipe is preferably arranged in the top of the car below the roof, and each end of the pipe enters one of the tanks near the top. By this arrangement both tanks may be filled by entering the water into either one, and thus a shifting of the car to bring each end thereof alternately before the water cistern or supply pump to fill each tank separately is avoided. It will be seen that when one tank is full the water will overflow into and pass through the pipe E to the other tank and fill it.

Extending along each side of the car, at a suitable height from the bottom, is a watertrough. F, made of any suitable material or any suitable shape. One side of the trough has notches or recesses d, which receive the vertical studs 6 of the side wall of the car. By this arrangementthe trough can be located so that its longitudinal center will come fairly on the line of the wall of the car, or, in other words, about one-halfofthe width of the trough is upon the inner side of the wall of the car and about one-half outside of the wall. From the center of the bottom of each tank is an outlet, which is regulated by a globe-valve,f, the stem or handle f of which projects from the rear. From this valve two pipes, g, branch in opposite directions, one leading to each of the troughs. By this arrangementthe troughs on the opposite sides may be replenished sithe open top of the trough, and this enlargement of the spaceaftbrds room for the movement of the head of the animal.

A horizontal projecting rail, I, is attached to the sides of the car just abovethe slanting boards. This rail projects inward from the wall of the car about as far as the inner edge of the water-trough, and is located above the car-floor at such a height that the hip of fullgrown cattle will come against it. Thus it will be seen the rail serves as a fender or guard to keep the cattle off the water-trough, and so prevent itfrom becoming foul.

At the upper end of each tank, and at the side opposite that at which the pipe E is attached, is an outlet, k, to which a short pipe, it, connects. This pipe may be closed by a suitable cap when not otherwise used; but the object of this short pipe is to permit the tanks of one car to be so coupled with the tanks of another car that a water communication between them may be established at the time of filling the tanks. This coupling is effected by means of the short flexible tube or hose n, and this arrangementserves to so connectthe tanks that it is possible to fill all the tanks of several cars by simply entering the water from the cistern orsupply-pump into anyone of the tanks andallowingit to flow therefrom through the hose a into the others.

Another feature ofourimprovementin stockcars consists of the door. This consists of a sliding door, P, to close the upper part of the doorway, and the hinged door q, to close the lower part, whereby the hinged door serves as a bridge from the car-floor to the stock-pen or platform, whereat the animals are loaded onto or discharged from the car. The upper door slides to one side of the doorway on a rail in the usual manner of cardoors, and the lower door is hinged at its lower edge to the frame or floor of the car, so as to turn down, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, and as seen in Fig. 5.

For sheep and swine the car may be constructed with two floors or two decks, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. In this case two tanks are needed at each end of the carone for each floor. The upper tank may connect with the lowerone, and the connection be provided with a valve, so as to keep water in the upper one when it is drawn from the lower one; or both the upper and lower tank may each have an inlet to receive a supply of water direct from the cistern or pump.

Instead of the long continuous troughs as shown, we contemplate the use of a separate trough for each animal. These separate troughs may be arranged on'the side of the car at proper intervals, and each supplied by a pipe extending along the side. This arrangement would be particularly suited for horses, and for their still further accommodation and protection the car might be divided into stalls or compartments, so that each horse could be kept separate from the others.

Having described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a stock-car, a water-tank to occupy the entire width of the car end, and provided with vertical partitions, the edges of which are attached to the two opposite broad sides of the tank, said partitions extending from near the bottom to near the top, leaving openings below and above, by which the water may have access from one side ot'the partition to the other, as set forth.

2. In astock-car, the combination ofa watertrough on the side of and located partly outside of the wall of the car, a slanting board which extends from the wall of the car to the-outer top edge of the trough, and a horizontal rail to serve as a hip-fender, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK W. FRANKLIN. WILLIAM F. FLAGGS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. B. MANN, JNo. T. .MADDOX. 

